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Enyucado (Colombian Style Cassava Cake)

Enyucado is a traditional recipe from The Atlantic coast of Colombia. It is a cake made with shredded yuca, cheese, coconut and star anis seeds and is sweet with a wonderful texture.

I receive a lot e-mails from my readers asking me when I will be writing about certain favorite traditional Colombian recipes and this Enyucado is one of them. So, here is the recipe everyone. It was really easy to make and absolutely delicious. I hope you enjoy it.

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Yet another amazing recipe that I must try out! (I’d better get started soon) I’ve had Filipino and Vietnamese cassava cakes and love them both; I know that I will love Enyucado, too, especially with the queso. Can I use frozen shredded cassava for this?

This sounds delicious and not difficult – and I love that you say it’s ok to use frozen yuca/cassava…because it is! I have some left over from my recipe for Nicaragua today and I may just try making this. Thanks Erica.

Hi,
As a Colombian from the Caribbean coast (where Enyucado is from), I can say that you don’t have to use Star Anise if you don’t have any. Regular anise is fine, actually it is more common to use regular Anise than Star Anise, which I guess must be very tasty too.
Erica, do you have the recipe for Pastel de Yuca? Its like our Costeño (from the Colombian Caribbean coast) version of Shepherds Pie.

My garndmother used to make enyucado, i never learned how to,Ijust remember the wonderful texture and special star amise flavor. She used to add fruit or raisins to hers, can you tell me how to do it. Thanks, I’ll make it at once, how wonderful to have your recipe, and bring back those happy, carefree days.

Also, I have a question about the yuca. Do I use frozen yuca and defrost then shred? Or, do I use fresh yuca, peel it and then shred? I’ve never worked with fresh yuca so not sure.

Lastly, the coconut. I will look for fresh coconut but if I cannot find can I use unsweetened dry shredded coconut?

I plan to make this to surprise a friend of mine who is from Baranquilla. He requested anything “Colombiano” for our 4th of July celebration..go figure!! I think he’s homesick for Colombian food!! As I would be, too.